Leather-finishing compound



Patented Apr. 8, 1930 PATENT OFFlE OLIVER F. W. CROMWELL, OF RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA LEATHER-FINISHING COMPOUND No Drawing.

10 color, thickness or texture and will prevent leather from'losing its color, from cracking, dry rotting or squeaking when used where friction might occur.

The present compound consists of a mix- 5 ture of crude oil, sweet oil, cod liver oil and glyperine.

he crude oil gives body to the compound and helps to carry the other oils into the leather while the sweet'oil and cod liver oil keep the leather soft and in the case of cod liver oil give a slight polish thereto.

The glycerine acts to prevent any discoloring that might result from the use of the oils alone.

2 In the leather industry at the present time kerosene is commonly used in treating leathers but considerable difiiculty is caused thereby by the leather cracking and discoloring. The crude oil employed in the present prepaao ration has all of the advantages of kerosene without the disadvantages mentioned.

The present compound keeps the leather to which it is applied from hardening or cracking when subjected to the pressure applied by the rolling machines through which it is run, and also assists the leather in hold ing its color.

In the preparation of my leather dressing compound I prefer to use the ingredients set forth in the following approximate proportions:

Put! Crude oil 2 Sweet oil 2 God liver oil 2 Glycerine 1 From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present compound may be inexpensively prepared and its use will effect a material saving in the leather industry by cut- Application filed November 13, 1928. Serial No. 319,193.

.of a mixture of the following ingredients in the following approximate proportions Pal-tn Crude oil 2 Sweet oil 2 God liver oil 2 Glycerine 1 In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

OLIVER F. W. CRQMWELL. 

